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Re:Fast radio bursts from space have baffled scientists for ... by penagwin on Thursday September 12, 2019 @01:02PM (#20953777)
To be fair though the bar wasn't set vary high.

> power the world for three centuries

Our sun for example is emitting enough energy in all directions to power the world for 300 years (over the course of 300 years), and most of it misses us.

Our sun isn't particularly impressive in terms of energy and such compared to other astro-objects, so I feel like these kinda of events releasing so much energy are to be expected.

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Re:Fast radio bursts from space have baffled scientists for ... by perl4ever on Thursday September 12, 2019 @09:03PM (#20958139)
"Our sun for example is emitting enough energy in all directions to power the world for 300 years (over the course of 300 years), and most of it misses us"

I think you're saying any amount of energy can be produced by any amount of power, if the amount of time is unspecified. Which is true, but not substantive.

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